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Direct evidence for activity-dependent glucose phosphorylation in neurons with implications for the astrocyte-to-neuron lactate shuttle

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Patel, Anant B., Lai, James C. K., Chowdhury, Golam M. I., Hyder, Fahmeed, Rothman, Douglas L., Shulman, Robert G., Behar, Kevin L.·2014·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Previous (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments have shown that over a wide range of neuronal activity, approximately one molecule of glucose is oxidized for every molecule of glutamate released by neurons and recycled through astrocytic glutamine. The measured kinetics were shown to agree with the stoichiometry of a hypothetical astrocyte-to-neuron lactate shuttle model, which predicted negligible functional neuronal uptake of glucose. To test this model, we measured the uptake and phosphorylation of glucose in nerve terminals isolated from rats infused with the glucose analog, 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) in vivo. The concentrations of phosphorylated FDG (FDG6P), normalized with respect to known neuronal metabolites, were compared in nerve terminals, homogenate, and cortex of anesthetized rats with and without bicuculline-induced seizures. The increase in FDG6P in nerve terminals agreed well with the increase in cortical neuronal glucose oxidation measured previously under the same conditions in vivo, indicating that direct uptake and oxidation of glucose in nerve terminals is substantial under resting and activated conditions. These results suggest that neuronal glucose-derived pyruvate is the major oxidative fuel for activated neurons, not lactate-derived from astrocytes, contradicting predictions of the original astrocyte-to-neuron lactate shuttle model under the range of study conditions.

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  • In vivo uptake of 2-fluoro-2-DG into presynaptic terminals of rat brain indicated substantial direct metabolism of glucose.

    “In vivo uptake of 2-fluoro–2-DG into presynaptic terminals of rat brain assessed by postmortem isolation of synaptosomes (Patel et al., 2014) indicated substantial direct metabolism of glucose”

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  1. Silver IA, Ereci nska M (1997) Energetic demands of the Na + /K + ATPase in mammalian astrocytes. Glia 21(1):35-45.

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Patel, A. B., Lai, J. C. K., Chowdhury, G. M. I., Hyder, F., Rothman, D. L., Shulman, R. G., & Behar, K. L.
Affiliations
  • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (IN)
  • Idaho State University (US)
  • Magnetic Resonance Research Center and
  • Yale University (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2014-03-26
Volume
111
Issue
14
Pages
5385-5390
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2111261869
Cited by
186
References
61
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01-DK27121, R01-DK27121-28S, R01DK027121)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P30NS052519)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Keywords
neuronal glucose uptake, glucose phosphorylation, presynaptic terminals, 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose, bicuculline-induced seizures, pyruvate, glutamate release, astrocytes, brain energy metabolism
MeSH terms
Animals, Astrocytes, Glucose, Neurons, Phosphorylation, Lactic Acid, Rats

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